"As part of the promo push for After the Hunt, Luca " Everybody Kiss" Guadagnino got to take a tour of the Criterion Closet. It got us thinking: which of these movies is he most likely to remake some day? Guadagnino used to really pop off in the reinventing-a-classic space, with 2015's A Bigger Splashriffing on Jacques Deray's La Piscine and 2018's Suspiriabeing his take on Dario Argento's giallo gorefest."
"The Naked Kiss Well the work's already half-done on this one. Guadagnino says he wrote a remake of Sam Fuller's neo-noir when he was "a kid," a.k.a. 20-years-old. Guadagnino says his take on the film ( streaming on Tubi, btw) "should stay unpublished, and undone and unseen." He did call Fuller "one of the greatest directors who ever lived, so maybe adult Luca could take a stab at Shock Corridor?""
Luca Guadagnino has a track record of reinventing classics, including A Bigger Splash and Suspiria. Recent projects reveal interest in oblique inspirations such as #MeToo and William Burroughs. A version of American Psycho has been reported with Austin Butler attached. Potential Criterion targets mentioned include The Last Temptation of Christ, which invites a return to source material and challenges around sacred and profane themes. The Naked Kiss has a preexisting young remake draft and admiration for Sam Fuller, suggesting future engagement with Shock Corridor. A reimagining of The Wages of Fear is proposed with queer sexual tension added to the dynamite-driven suspense.
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